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Page 8: Present Day Highway 2 Photographs (Port Hope to Trenton)


HWY 2 #159 - © Cameron Bevers

Above - Highway signs at the junction of Hwy 2 and Hwy 28 in Port Hope
(Photograph taken on July 9, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 28 #31 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 2 #153 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Junction of Hwy 2 and Hwy 28 in Port Hope
(Photograph taken on July 9, 2006  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing west along Old Hwy 2 (Benlock Road) towards the Shelter Valley Creek Bridge east of Grafton
(Photograph taken on May 20, 2005  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 2 #154 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 2 #155 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing east along Old Hwy 2 at the Shelter Valley Creek Bridge east of Grafton
(Photograph taken on May 20, 2005  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Shelter Valley Creek Bridge on former Hwy 2 alignment. Structure completed in 1920.
(Photograph taken on May 20, 2005  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 2 #157 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 2 #156 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing west along Old Hwy 2 (Benlock Road) at the Shelter Valley Creek Bridge
(Photograph taken on May 20, 2005  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Facing west towards Colborne from the Shelter Valley Creek Bridge
(Photograph taken on May 20, 2005  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 2 #158 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 2 #38 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Inscription on concrete culvert between Grafton and Colborne "ONTARIO PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY 1920"
(Photograph taken on May 20, 2005  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Advance load restriction warning sign at Brighton for the Trenton railway overhead
(Photograph taken on October 9, 2003  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 2 #152 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 2 #39 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Inscription on concrete culvert west of the Trenton Overhead "ONTARIO PROVINCIAL HIGHWAY 1920"
(Photograph taken on May 20, 2005  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Southern side of the Trenton railway overhead on Hwy 2 between Brighton and Trenton. This impressive six-span steel Warren truss structure was completed in 1930. The new railway flyover replaced an older timber structure with dangerous right-angle curves at each end of the structure.
(Photograph taken on October 9, 2003  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 2 #40 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 2 #41 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - View underneath the Trenton Overhead. In 1930, it was the longest railway flyover in the Ontario Provincial Highway system.
(Photograph taken on October 9, 2003  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - Bridge manufacturer's plaque on the Trenton Overhead's easternmost span
(Photograph taken on October 9, 2003  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 2 #42 - © Cameron Bevers             HWY 2 #43 - © Cameron Bevers

Left - Facing east along Hwy 2 across the Trenton Overhead
(Photograph taken on October 9, 2003  -  © Cameron Bevers)

Right - High speed VIA train passing below the Trenton Overhead on Hwy 2
(Photograph taken on October 9, 2003  -  © Cameron Bevers)





HWY 2 #44 - © Cameron Bevers

Above - Facing west along Hwy 2 towards Brighton at the Trenton Overhead
(Photograph taken on October 9, 2003  -  © Cameron Bevers)




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